You have to live here to understand it. What 17to85 says is true. Sometime in the last decade, people here decided they were a big league city with the CFL being an afterthought. It's all about the Flames.
People here have Seattle Seahawks season tickets like my orthpedic surgeon, for example. I know 3 others that go to Seahawks games but not Stamps. Both Westjet & Alaska Airlines have direct flights to Seattle & it takes an hour to get there.
Then we have an old stadium which is a dump & it's truly a big deal. People don't want to go. Throw in sky high ticket & concession prices as well as disinterested ownership & you get 21,000. More like 15,000 though.